Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread Gaurav Jain
- Original Message - From: "Raj Mathur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Linux-Delhi mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 11:14 PM Subject: Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc,on-the-fly supercomputer > > "Vivek" == vivek khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer(Meeting)

2004-04-06 Thread Manpreet Singh Nehra
linuxlingam wrote: On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 21:36, vivek khurana wrote: Hi! Okay, guyz time to plan for the project. Lets meet this sunday 10th April 2004 at 4:00 p.m (1600 hrs for those who use boeing for travelling) at Delhi haat, open air theater. loody hot these days. you guys wanna bak

[ilugd] (fwd) [SECURITY] [DSA 478-1] New tcpdump packages fix denial of service

2004-04-06 Thread Raj Mathur
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RE: [ilugd] Re: RH 7.1 not able to access GUI

2004-04-06 Thread Shashank Sharma
Manoj --> Thanks a lot Bhaskar but it works now I after running e2fsck some of the services were not running after reboot I run the system in init3 then in init5 and then removed the symbolic link of /etc/X11/X and copy X from some other system and tried running startx and it worked though I hav

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread vivek khurana
--- Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Vivek" == vivek khurana > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Vivek> [snip] > > Vivek> YU DONT'T NEED TO HAVE CLUSTERING > KNOWLEDGE TO BE > Vivek> PART OF THIS PROJECT . All you > need is the drive. > > Which, hard disk, CD or floppy?

Re: [Fwd: Re: [ilugd] Another Suitable Place for ILUGD - Supercomputer]

2004-04-06 Thread vivek khurana
--- linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > er... eswar sent me this document, i think he meant > it for the mailing > list, so others onto the flashmobcomputing can > respond. vivek, all > yours! > > LL > > ps: eswar, *bsd is another thread one day. ;-) > > > -Forwarded Message- > Fr

[ilugd] Fwd: Joint Statement about GNU/Linux Security

2004-04-06 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
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Re: [ilugd] Coding challenge

2004-04-06 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Kapoor, Nishikant wrote: Has anyone taken this challenge? Would you like to? Top coder is high grade stuff. I have been watching it for quite a while and people winner out there are really good stuff. However, I somehow dont like the competition being held only in C/C++ and Java. Most of the pro

[ilugd] [OT] Intellectual Property moves toward a feudal system

2004-04-06 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
[Interesting angle to the present situation in the software industry - Sandip :) ] Intellectual Property moves toward a feudal system By Pablo Lorenzzoni I just read the most interesting ebook I read this year: Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig. It can be downloaded from Amazon I will just trans

Re: [ilugd] Another Suitable Place for ILUGD - Supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread linuxlingam
On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 01:46, Mayank Jain wrote: mayank, you need to meet with the rest of the gang to discuss this further. guys, this is incredible, this is the third or the fourth venue that wants to do the flashmobthingie. wow! check the mailing list for venue, date, timings. the key persons

Re: [ilugd] Another Suitable Place for ILUGD - Supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread Mayank Jain
Hi there, cheers!!! My CSE deppt head, Mr. Chander gave a big YES to the event. Infact he was very interested in it. He even said that "those who want to bring their own PC's, just have to bring in their CPU's, monitors & other stuff no probs". He wanted that one of u ppl should contact his @ hi

Re: [ilugd] Defining a Linux user

2004-04-06 Thread linuxlingam
> > it is very hard to count total number of linux users since there is no one > forcing you to register your copy so that the number can be successfully > calculated. > > > > Anirban Biswas ghane urges people often to register at the linux co

[ilugd] Coding challenge

2004-04-06 Thread Kapoor, Nishikant
Has anyone taken this challenge? Would you like to? Regards, Nishi TAKE THE TOPCODER MONTHLY CODING CHALLENGE! The solutions to last month's problem set were just posted. See how you did, or try your hand at the April problem set. http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,tlk,1,3b7o,c3ff,9v07,5i

Re: [ilugd] Defining a Linux user

2004-04-06 Thread Anirban Biswas
Hi > i *think* the total number of linux users in india could not be more > than 20 lakh. why? because linux has usually 2% market share, and this > is 2% of the 10 million pcs in india. (10 million=1 crore. 20 lakh = 2 > million). > > i'm also sure this figure is off by +- 90% > [grin] it is ve

Re: [ilugd] Mail virusscanner woes

2004-04-06 Thread Prateek Khanna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Raj" == Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Raj> Ergo, I'll brave the viruses. Already disabled Raj> clamav-milter, tried to install Amavisd, which itself has a Raj> list of dependencies that reaches from here to the moon. R

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread linuxlingam
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 23:14, Raj Mathur wrote: > Anyway, may I invite you to my place this Saturday for the meeting? > Say, 4pm? We can get together and work out the logistics, and take a > decision on the best place to hold the flashmob. If everyone's > amenable to meeting at Munirka I can post

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer(Meeting)

2004-04-06 Thread linuxlingam
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 21:36, vivek khurana wrote: > Hi! > > Okay, guyz time to plan for the project. Lets meet > this sunday 10th April 2004 at 4:00 p.m (1600 hrs for > those who use boeing for travelling) at Delhi haat, > open air theater. bloody hot these days. you guys wanna bake? could som

Re: [ilugd] Defining a Linux user

2004-04-06 Thread linuxlingam
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 16:26, Rahul Kumar wrote: > Recently I overheard a conversation about How many Linux users there are > in India. okay, the context of this thread: dq reported that in the previous month, the installed base of pcs in india touched 10 million. (1 crore) pcs. that makes it 1 p

[Fwd: Re: [ilugd] Another Suitable Place for ILUGD - Supercomputer]

2004-04-06 Thread linuxlingam
er... eswar sent me this document, i think he meant it for the mailing list, so others onto the flashmobcomputing can respond. vivek, all yours! LL ps: eswar, *bsd is another thread one day. ;-) -Forwarded Message- From: Eswar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ilug

[ilugd] (fwd) [SECURITY] [DSA 477-1] New xine-ui packages fix insecure temporary file creation

2004-04-06 Thread Raj Mathur
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[ilugd] (fwd) [SECURITY] [DSA 476-1] New heimdal packages fix cross-realm vulnerability

2004-04-06 Thread Raj Mathur
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Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread Raj Mathur
> "Vivek" == vivek khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Vivek> [snip] Vivek> YU DONT'T NEED TO HAVE CLUSTERING KNOWLEDGE TO BE Vivek> PART OF THIS PROJECT . All you need is the drive. Which, hard disk, CD or floppy? ;) Anyway, may I invite you to my place this Saturday for the m

RE: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer(Meeting)

2004-04-06 Thread Akshay Lamba
vivek khurana wrote: >--- Manpreet Singh Nehra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >[snip] > > > >>Well can we have the meeting in the morning about >>10:00-11:00 since I >>have a class in the evening >> >> > > then suggest an alternate venue. i don't think delhi >haat is open at 10 in in the morn

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer(Meeting)

2004-04-06 Thread Manpreet Singh Nehra
vivek khurana wrote: --- Manpreet Singh Nehra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] Well can we have the meeting in the morning about 10:00-11:00 since I have a class in the evening then suggest an alternate venue. i don't think delhi haat is open at 10 in in the morning What time does it

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer(Meeting)

2004-04-06 Thread vivek khurana
--- Manpreet Singh Nehra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Well can we have the meeting in the morning about > 10:00-11:00 since I > have a class in the evening then suggest an alternate venue. i don't think delhi haat is open at 10 in in the morning > > > If any of the enthusiast has probl

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer(Meeting)

2004-04-06 Thread Manpreet Singh Nehra
vivek khurana wrote: Hi! Okay, guyz time to plan for the project. Lets meet this sunday 10th April 2004 at 4:00 p.m (1600 hrs for those who use boeing for travelling) at Delhi haat, open air theater. Well can we have the meeting in the morning about 10:00-11:00 since I have a class in the e

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer(Meeting)

2004-04-06 Thread vivek khurana
Hi! Okay, guyz time to plan for the project. Lets meet this sunday 10th April 2004 at 4:00 p.m (1600 hrs for those who use boeing for travelling) at Delhi haat, open air theater. If any of the enthusiast has problem wth this timing can write in reply to this thread. Alternatively you can call

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread vivek khurana
--- Manpreet Singh Nehra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would to be a part of your project though I cannot > contibute any > resources except myself.. I did go through the book > "Building Linux > clusters : Oreilly " about a year ago... which I was > not able to > implement due to lack of reso

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread Manpreet Singh Nehra
Anindya Roy wrote: Hi Any place will be suitable for me. and My contact Number is 9811565558 I would to be a part of your project though I cannot contibute any resources except myself.. I did go through the book "Building Linux clusters : Oreilly " about a year ago... which I was not able t

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread Manpreet Singh Nehra
Anindya Roy wrote: Hi Any place will be suitable for me. and My contact Number is 9811565558 art of your project though I cannot contibute any resources except myself.. I did go through the book "Building Linux clusters : Oreilly " about a year ago... which I was not able to implement due t

Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread Anindya Roy
Hi Any place will be suitable for me. and My contact Number is 9811565558 Regards Anindya ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://

RE: [ilugd] Re: RH 7.1 not able to access GUI

2004-04-06 Thread manoj.thakkar
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bhaskar Dutta Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 4:29 PM To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list Subject: Re: [ilugd] Re: RH 7.1 not able to access GUI -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >>> On Tuesday

Re: [ilugd] Re: RH 7.1 not able to access GUI

2004-04-06 Thread Bhaskar Dutta
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >>> On Tuesday 06 Apr 2004 11:27 am, ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: ma> ma> """ Manoj --> I tried running fsck and e2fsck in single user mode also ma> you are right there look like toomany symbolic links as /etc/X11/X isa ma> sof

[ilugd] ip route problem ...

2004-04-06 Thread Vardhan
Hi, I've a strange setup, a ppp0 over a rsh+slirp .. things are working fine except for a subtle problem. the eth0 ip is 10.111.9.10 .. but that's immaterial. and the ppp0 ip on this sude is 192.168.1.1 The world at other end of ppp0 is at 158.140.x.y now if i do A. ip route a

[ilugd] Defining a Linux user

2004-04-06 Thread Rahul Kumar
Recently I overheard a conversation about How many Linux users there are in India. The definition being used seemed to be : anyone using a linux desktop. The persons talking included some who have been using Linux even before SCO wrote it, so i had (have) to tread carefully. Some of the points rais

Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread Gaurav Jain
- Original Message - From: "vivek khurana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Linux-Delhi mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer > > --- Gaurav Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > a

Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread vivek khurana
--- Gaurav Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > a brainstorming session is required before the > event. > lets plan asap. > > also, i would suggest to use > 1. standard linux distro with good mpi library (i am > fond of lam) with > network boot > 2. a bootable cd with preconfigured settings >